Commentary
Mills, E. 2022. "Cannabis ESG Risk is a Buzzkill for Investors." Medium [PDF]
Save Gas, Don't Gaslight: The New Yorker could have used some fact-checking before printing a recent anti-energy-efficiency piece. Medium, February 24, 2022.
Cal Fire, Timber Industry Must Face an Inconvenient Truth (supplementary graphics here) - San Francisco Examiner - online September 17, 2021, print September 19 (pp 10-12), with John P. O'Brien [online][pdf]
California is Pilfering its Forest Carbon Treasure Chest - Medium - September 17, 2020
The Humble Water Heater Could Be The Savior of Our Energy Infrastructure Woes - Salon - July 4, 2021 [pdf]
Earth Day and Weed Day are an Odd Couple - Medium - April 19, 2021 [pdf]
To Make Cannabis Green, We Need to Grow it Indoors - SLATE - March 10, 2021 [pdf]
Rugged Individualism is on Display in the Covid and Climate Crises - Medium - December 1, 2020 [pdf]
The Voracious Energy Appetite of Indoor Cannabis Cultivation - Building Performance Community - August 11, 2020 [pdf]
Insurance Industry Needs Reform in Today's Climate - San Francisco Chronicle - September 25, 2018 [pdf]
Beware Kerosene Subsidies - ECEEE Editorial - July 4, 2017 [pdf]
Art Rosenfeld: Brilliance & Benevolence - January 27, 2017
Indoor Pot: Climate in the Balance in November Ballot - Oregon Cannabis Connection - October 17, 2016 [pdf]
A Low Point for High Times - Letter to the Editor of High Times magazine, April 4, 2016.
Can Technology Free Developing Countries from Light Poverty? - The Guardian - July 30, 2015 [pdf]
A Broader View on Greening the Internet - Comment to Science magazine. Evan Mills, Jonathan Koomey, Eric Masanet, Bruce Nordman, Ken Christensen - posted online at Science, 2013.
On Climate Change, a Do-Nothing Strategy is Not Risk-Free - National Underwriter, Property Casualty 360 - March 13, 2013 [pdf]
Ready, Fire, Aim: The Need for More Accurate Building Energy Model Accuracy Assessments - Green Building Advisor.com - April 9, 2012 - A response to "Energy Modeling Isn't Very Accurate." [pdf]
Grid Disruptions & Extreme Weather: Response to factual errors in the blogosphere about "Global Climate Change Impacts in the US". October 1, 2011
Efficient + Disaster Resilient = Sustainable - Home Energy Pros - August 27, 2011 [pdf]
The Challenge of Choices: A Swedish Energy Saga (see also: Evolving Energy Systems: The Swedish Story - Climate Progress - January 28, 2011)
Kermit Was Right: It's NOT Easy Being Green- Home Energy Pros - October 26, 2010 [full version] [short blog post] [pdf]
Efficiency Lives - The rebound effect, not so much - Climate Progress, TIME - September 13, 2010 [pdf]
Pseudo-science Begets Pseudo-insurance - Climate Progress [PDF] Grist [link | PDF] - January 26, 2010
Building Commissioning: The Stealth Energy Efficiency Strategy - Climate Progress - August 12, 2009 [PDF]
Take-Five Interview - ClimateandInsurance.org - National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies - 2009 [pdf]
The True Carbon Footprint of Going Online - February 1, 2009 - Sunday Times (London)
Tempest in a Teakettle - February 1, 2009
Take-Five Interview - ClimateandInsurance.org - National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies - 2008 [pdf]
Climate and Country - March 18, 2008
Why the Peace Prize? - December 30, 2007
Eco-Solutions: Energy Efficiency - Forbes - April 27, 2007 [PDF]
From Risk to Opportunity: How Insurers Can Proactively and Profitably Manage Climate Change- Kiplinger's - 2007
Spotlight: Climate Change Issues: Q&A With Evan Mills - Business Insurance - September 3, 2007
Take-Five Interview - ClimateandInsurance.org - National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies - 2007 [pdf]
Let There Be Light! - ECEEE Commentary - August 2006
The Erosion of Insurability - World Trade Executive - 2006 [pdf]
The Insurance Industry Prepares for Climate Change- Environmental Science & Technology - April 19, 2007 [pdf]
High Tech Means High Efficiency- Forbes - November 18, 2005 [pdf]
Traversing the Valley of Death - Forbes - November 17, 2005 [pdf]
Climate Change is Hazardous to Your Health - Forbes - November 16, 2005 [pdf]
Insurers Not of One Mind on Climate Change - UNEP Finance Initiatives Quarterly - 2001 [pdf]
Fuel for Lighting: An Expensive Commodity - Boiling Point - 2001
Insurers Have Much to Gain, Lose in Battle to Ease Threat of Global Warming - National Underwriter - 1998
Claims on the Global Warming Debate - The Washington Post; The International Herald Tribune - December 4, 1997 [pdf]
Cutting Government Programs to Save Energy Overlooks Benefits - Los Angeles Times - 1995 [pdf]
Utility Deregulation: DSM Dawn or Dusk? - IAEEL Newsletter - 1995
A Better Idea - Washington Post, International Herald Tribune, Minneapolis Star Tribune - August 3, 1992 [pdf]